by Katie | Sep 19, 2022 | General Psychology, Trauma
Definitions of trauma Within the therapeutic professional community, our understanding of trauma has progressed dramatically in the last 20 years. The likes of Gabor Mate, Dan Siegal and Bessel van der Kolk have deeply enriched our understanding of how trauma...
by Katie | Sep 19, 2022 | ASD, Looked After & Adopted Children, Occupational Therapy
Sensory processing Sensory processing is the way our nervous system receives messages from our senses, turning them into motor or behavioural responses. The ability to receive and process sensory information from our environment can impact attachment, speech and...
by Katie | Sep 19, 2022 | General Psychology
Book recommendation: “Humankind: A Hopeful History” by Rutger Bregman Elective pessimism It is easy to be pessimistic about humanity in a world of fake news, social media trolling, climate change, the war in Ukraine and floods in Pakistan. We seem to gravitate to bad...
by Katie | Sep 19, 2022 | ASD, Educational Difficulties, General Psychology, Occupational Therapy
Book recommendation: “Can I tell you about Sensory Processing Difficulties?” by Sue Allen This illustrated book is part of the educational,”can i tell you about,” series, aimed at children, parents and teachers. The author, Sue Allen is an experienced clinician,...
by Katie | Aug 22, 2022 | ASD, Educational Difficulties, Relationships
It was that one moment: poetry and reflections on a life making relationships with children and young people by Dan Hughes Dan Hughes is the revered clinical psychologist and founder of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP)- developed to treat children and young...